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28 October 2013

Digital Archaeology

As this is still Archaeology Month, I share a blog entry by Leslie Johnston from The Signal: Digital Preservationentitled "Digital Archaeology" dated09/10/2013. The Signal is one of the Library of Congress's premier blogs. The entry is rich with links - and thought-provoking - considering how many computing (smart) devices have been used in just that past several decades.

I was staring at a blank screen when my colleague David came
into my office. I semi-jokingly asked him for a blog topic. “I have one for
you,” he replied. “Content Archaeology. Discuss.” And with that he left my
office. People know that I trained as an archaeologist and did fieldwork in
multiple locations. I [...]